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Patent GB-190505952-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Rods from Cane mor particularly applicable for Corsets.
Inventor: GLEY IWAN FEODOR WOLF
Filed: 1905-03-21
Granted: 1905-11-16
Abstract: 5952. Gley, I. F. W. March 21. Drawings to Specification. Corsets; stays or stiffeners.-An elastic rod, for use as stiffeners in corsets and for other purposes, is composed of two strips of cane cemented together at their cut surfaces, the outer silicious coating of the cane being on the outside.
Patent GB-190506328-A (GB)
Title: A Suspender Rest or Support for Books and the like
Inventor: SMITH ALFRED
Filed: 1905-03-25
Granted: 1905-11-30
Abstract: 6328. Smith, A. March 25. Book holders. - Relates to a method of suspending and adjusting a book. Three strings with a running noose at each end are suspended from a ring, the suspending- nooses running stiffly through wire loops for adjustment purposes, and the lower or book loops passing over the sides and the centre of the book and being pulled tight by its weight. The Figure shows a modification, in which the three lower loops are replaced by a wire framework supporting the book. Three strings a. b, c are looped and passed through rings suspended from a chain, the lower ends passing through wire loops in the top bar of the framework i and terminating at the lower bar. The centre string c passes down the middle of the book, and a fourth similarly-looped string p terminates in a hook s sliding along the lower bar k. The wire framework is in two parts i, u and k, v sliding telescopically over each other, and the whole is suspended from a folding bar y, which fits into a bracket 8, and is also provided with a hook 5 for attachment to a railway luggage rack. The inclination of the book is adjusted by manipulating the cleats d, e, f.
Patent GB-190507666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Seamless Combination Ferrules and Bolsters for Knives Forks and the like
Inventor: HASTINGS GLOVER STREET
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 7666. Hastings, G. S. July 1, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Ferrules for handles of knives and forks &c. are made in one seamless piece 16 with the bolster separate from the blade, and are provided with a hole 9 at the bolster end through which solder or other cementitious material may be injected. If the handle to which the blade is to be attached is composed of wood, ivory, bone, &c., the solder &c. is run in through a hole in the handle, leading to the space between the ferrule and the tang. Ribs 8 are formed on the ferrule and are stated to be some protection to the handle, if the knife &c. should be accidentally dropped.
Patent GB-190510376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Screw Jacks.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM BEARD
Filed: 1905-05-17
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 10,376. Lake, W. B., and Elliott, E. F. May 17. Lifting-jacks of the type in which a split nut is used for rough adjustment, and the nut has its two portions interlocked with a driving-pinion when engaging the lifting-screw, are provided with a hand-operated sliding sleeve mounted in the casing for separating the halves of the nut to lower the screw. Figs. 2 and 2<a> show a lifting-jack in which a buttress-threaded screw b is mounted in the casing a and normally engaged by the halves of the split nut f. The coned under surface of this nut is supported by the similarly-shaped upper surface of the pinion c, which rests on the washer a<1> in the casing and gears with the pinion d on the operating- shaft. The operating-mechanism described above is similar to that described in Specification No. 11,115, A.D. 1903, but other means of rotating the nut may be employed. Pegs f<2> fixed on the nut enter radial slots in the pinion c and compel these two members to rotate together but permit the two halves of the nut to expand and allow the inclined screw-surfaces to pass when the screw is raised by hand. Other known means may be used to cause the nut and pinion to rotate together. The expansion of the nut is limited by the cap a<4> and the coned surface of the pinion c so that, on release of the screw, the flat under surfaces of the threads force the halves of the nut to engage the screw again. To lower the jack, a gravity-controlled loose sleeve g is raised by means of a projecting stud extending through a slot in the. casing. This sleeve passes loosely through the centre of the pinion c and has a coned upper surface g<1> which in its raised position engages a similarly-shaped non-threaded aperture at the base of the nut and forces the two halves apart, thereby permitting the screw to fall. The sleeve g also carries a feather key engaging a slot in the screw b, thereby preventing the latter from rotating.
Patent GB-190510693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Stoppers.
Inventor: SCHMEDTJE ADOLPH HENRY
Filed: 1905-05-22
Granted: 1905-10-12
Abstract: 10,693. Schmedtje, A. H. May 22. Stoppers, internal.-An internal stopper is formed of a solid glass body with tapered ends 3, 4 ground to fit a ground seating 8 at the mouth of the bottle. The stopper is inserted during the manufacture of the bottle, and is formed with annular grooves 5, 6 to facilitate manipulation. The stopper is held away from its seat while the bottle is inverted and filled, and is then allowed to fall into place, either end up. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 3070, A.D. 1870, and No. 307, A.D. 1876.]
Patent GB-190511098-A (GB)
Title: Improved Recreation Apparatus.
Inventor: FORD WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-05-27
Granted: 1905-12-30
Abstract: 11,098. Ford, W. May 27. Skipping-ropes &c.-A skipping-rope A, Fig. 1, is attached to radial arms or disks A' mounted on shafts B, and is turned mechanically. The shafts B are mounted in frames C, which are arranged in rows so that a series of shafts B can be driven from one countershaft F, 'this shaft being mounted as sbown, or being arranged underground. The shaft F is driven by gearing from a crank H, or by a power-driven belt and fast and loose pulleys G, and the shaft F actuates the shafts B by means of chains D and sprocket wheels on the shafts B and on sleeves E, which are put into gear with the shaft F by means of a friction disk K, Fig. 7, splined to the shaft and adapted to be moved in the usual way by a fork engaging the collar L of the disk. The adjacent shafts F are connected by spur wheels, so that they revolve in opposite. directions. By using hollow shafts, suitably geared, two ropes A may be caused to revolve in opposite directions, to allow of cross skipping. A spring board M may be arranged under each rope. The disks A' may be frictionally mounted on their shafts, or be freely mounted on their shafts and be frictionally driven, so that the rope may be stopped by the skipper's foot; The arms A<1> may be pliant, or may be covered with rubber, and a spiral spring may surround the rope at a short distance from its axis. A flexible tube may be used instead of a rope.
Patent GB-190515432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sparking Plugs particularly for use with Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: VEULLE FREDERICK HENRY DE
Filed: 1905-07-27
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 15,432. Veulle, F. H. de. July 27. Gas and like engines, igniting in. In sparking-plugs the sparking-points are insulated from one another by a washer of non-conducting material instead of by an air gap. The plug shown in Fig. 1 has a central rod A to which is secured a metal washer C. The rod A passes through the centre of the body. E in an insulating tube B. Attached to the bottom of the plug is a ring D, which is insulated from the cap C by a washer F of mica, and to which sparks pass from the cap C. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, a series of metal rings D and mica washers F are used. Other slight modifications are also described in the Specification.
Patent GB-190521067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Regulating the Action of Pneumatic Brakes.
Filed: 1905-10-17
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 21,067. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges. ]. Oct. 17. Brakes.-In a pneumatic railway-brake in which a regulator is employed for automatically reducing the brake pressure as the speed decreases by opening a discharge valve on the brake cylinder, the maximum braking effect to which the regulator has been adjusted is automatically increased on a pneumatic rail-sanding device being put into action, thus ensuring that the retarding effect of the sand shall not be neutralized by the escape of air from the brake cylinder. The regulator shown in Fig. 1 is similar to that described in Specification No. 17,112, A.D. 1904. In the normal position shown, the discharge pipe y of the brake cylinder is closed by a valve operated by the suspended body a. If the motion of the vehicle is retarded while it is moving in the direction of the arrow, thebody a will swing towards the left, against the action of the spring c, and open the discharge y. If the sanding-device is put into operation, the air pressure used for this purpose enters the cylinder 29 through the pipe 30 and moves the piston 28 towards the right, compressing the spring c, so that the discharge y is opened only after, a comparatively large retardation of the vehicle. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, when the weight a swings towards the left so that a bridge contact 32 which it carries connects contacts 20, 21, the electromagnetically-operated valve 17 opens the discharge y of the brake cylinder i. On starting the sand distributer, air entering the cylinder 29 by the pipe 30 moves the piston 28 towards the left, so that the weight a has to swing through a greater angle before it closes the electric circuit
Patent GB-190521288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tooth Brushes and Protectors and Dentifrice Receptacles therefor.
Inventor: SLATER JOHN WESLEY
Filed: 1905-10-19
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 21,288. Slater, J. W., and Ziegler, A. W. Oct. 19. Handles.-A toothbrush is fitted with a sheath 2 Fig. 2, for the bristles, and a hollow handle 3 for the insertion of a rigid tube 4 of dentifrice. The tube, which is withdrawn for use, has a piston 11, Fig. 3, carrying a knife 10 which works in a groove 9 in the tube for the purpose of cutting a paper or thin metal covering for retaining the dentifrice. The piston is also provided with packing, and with a bent part 11<b>, Fig. 5, which acts as a guide. The handle 3 is closed by a cap 15, Fig. 2. Slight modifications of the sheath 2 are described.
Patent GB-190522113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Devices for Igniting the Charges of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: REICHENBACH FRITZ
Filed: 1905-10-30
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 22,113. Reichenbach, F. Oct. 30. Gas and explosive-vapour engines, igniting in. The ignition dynamo of an explosion engine is driven by any means other than the engine itself. The driving means may consist of a piston motor, turbine, or the like operated by the cooling or other water. If ths cooling-water is employed, a threeway cock must be provided, which may be turned by hand or automatically to let the water circulate through the cooling-jacket when the engine is in motion.
Patent GB-190522312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney Pieces.
Inventor: MORGAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-11-01
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 22,312. Morgan, W. Nov. 1. Mantelpieces.-The jambs, frieze, and shelf of mantelpieces are built up separately of plain or ornamental tiles cemented together, the jambs, frieze, and shelf being put together on the spot to form the mantelpiece. The cement may be reinforced by any suitable means, or the tiles may be held together in any known way. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 19U2, to Specification No. 13,271, A.D. 1885.]
Patent GB-190525004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Hardening Carbon Steel.
Inventor: BRAYSHAW SHIPLEY NEAVE
Filed: 1905-12-02
Granted: 1906-11-29
Abstract: 25,004. Brayshaw, S. N. Dec. 2. Tempering. - In hardening carbon steel, the article, with or without preliminary heating, is heated, continuously or intermittently, in a bath to a "higher-change-point" above the hardening- point, and then without being allowed to cool is immersed in a second bath at a temperature somewhat below the hardening-point. For a steel having a hardening-point of 740‹ C., the temperatures of the two baths would be 860-900‹ C. and 705-730‹ C. The article is finally quenched in a cold bath. The heating may be carried out in a furnace such as is described in Specification No. 26,703, A.D. 1903. Specification No. 11,268, A.D. 1905, is also referred to.
Patent GB-190601896-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fastener for Windows, Fanlights, Doors, Drawers, and the like.
Inventor: DUTTON ARCHIBALD FORSHAW
Filed: 1906-01-25
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 1896. Dutton, A. F., and Dutton, R. H. Jan. 25. Sash and like fastenings; sliding bolts; fastenings for drawers. A fastener for windows, fan-lights, doors, drawers, &c. is set by the window as it opens ready to fasten when the window closes. To open, the bolt a is drawn back agaiost the surrounding spring o, the stud a<20> on the bolt travelling from the end g<2> to the end g<3> of the slot g in the barrel casing. W h e the sashes are moved, the top of the socket c, engaging the bevelled end of the bolt, forces this farther back so that the pin a<20> engages the recess g<4>. On the sashes being closed, the bolt is forced back again, and the pin a<20> is guided by the projection n back to the fastening position g<2>. The finger grip a<3> may alternatively be winged, and the slot g may be enclosed.
Patent GB-190603215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Modulating Devices for Pianos.
Inventor: SINCLAIR MATTHEW
Filed: 1906-02-09
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 3215. Sinclair, M. Feb. 9. Pianofortes; automatic instruments.-The hammer action of a piano, or automatic piano, is provided with a modulating-device for effecting progressive softening of the notes. The cushioned face 10 of the ordinary rail R is shifted, to diminish the hammer throws progressively, by means ot the rod 11, which is carried by the pivoted links 12, 13, 14, of varying lengths, and by the hand-lever mechanism,
Patent GB-190604394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Pipes or Tubes.
Inventor: COWPER JOSEPH FOWLER
Filed: 1906-02-22
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 4394. Cowper, J. F. Feb. 22. Drain and sewer pipes; drain and sewer pip-joints. - Relates to the construction of armoured earthenware and like pipes for conveying water or other liquids. The earthenware or stoneware pipe a is provided with an external helical groove b in which is wound a wire or cable c secured at the ends of the pipe section. Longitudinal bars or wires d are laid on outside the binding-wire and the whole is covered with a layer of concrete. The pipes may be formed with male and female ends and the joint completed by a ring formed of wire or cable e embedded in concrete and grouted in place with bitumen or cement. In a modification, Fig. 3, longitudinal bars d' are first arranged round the pipe and are then bound in place with spirally wound wire c', the ends of which are secured in grooves f at the ends of the pipe section, and a covering of concrete is filially applied. An earthenware ring g having internal grooves corresponding to the grooves f is placed over the joint and is strengthened by bars d<2> and a wire or cable binding c<9>. The whole is then covered with a layer of concrete forminga water-tight joint.
Patent GB-190607656-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bull Ring.
Inventor: MAYOS THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-03-30
Granted: 1907-02-14
Abstract: 7656. Mayos, T. W. March 30. Animals, ringing.-A bull ring is made in two parts 6, 7 which have enlarged and rounded ends 9 and are hinged together at 8. It is closed on the thinner part of the septum of the animal's nose and secured by a pin 10 passing through one part and screwed into the other. Other means may be used for securing the ring, such as two slotted pieces attached to the pieces 6, 7 and secured by a bolt.
Patent GB-190608420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means for Cutting and Shaping Maccaroni and like Paste.
Inventor: TOMMASINI VITALIANO
Filed: 1906-04-07
Granted: 1906-05-31
Abstract: 8420. Tommasini, V. April 7. Moulding macaroni &c.-Macaroni or like paste is made into basket or like forms for soup &c.in the machine described. A thin sheet of paste is fed intermittently over openings 31 with crenellated edges in a plate 32, above which is a protecting.plate 64 with similar openings through which reciprocate the eccentrically-operated stampers 35. These stampers cut out pieces of paste from the sheet, ridges on them depressing the pieces in the centre. Wedges 58 on the stamper-bar separate bars 60 as the stampers descend, but as the stampers rise the bars 60 move inward again and pincers 38 on them engage the cut pieces of paste, which are held in the openings 31 by pins 65, and fold them over to the shape shown in Fig. 9.
Patent GB-190615016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Point Shifting Arrangements for Electric Tramways and the like.
Inventor: TIERNEY JOSEPH PATRICK
Filed: 1906-07-02
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 15,016. Tierney, J. P., and Malone, J. July 2. Points, operating electrically from the vehicle. The point tongue 5 is adapted to be moved by the electro-magnet 6 or 7 to open the main line 1 or branch line 2, respectively, the point tongue being mechanically connected with a rocking mercury switch, by which the electro-magnet which has just moved the point is disconnected and the other electro-magnet is connected in circuit and ready to move the tongue in the other direction. One end of the windings of each electro-magnet is connected to a wire 8 leading from the trolly wire 3, the other end of the windings being connected to the switch contacts 11, 13, respectively. The circuit is completed by a contact 12 or 14 and an insulated conductor 4 on the trolly wire, through the electric equipment on the car to earth. The electromagnets act through levers 33, 35, Fig. 3, on a sliding bolt 39 to move the points, and a crank-arm 41, Fig. 6, on the pivot pin 29 of the levers 33, 35 rocks the mercury switch 10. The part 4 consists of a conductor 19, Fig. 4, insulated from the trolly wire by blocks 21, 21<a>, and the trolly is guided on the conductor 19 by a ramp 18, while bridging- pieces 22, 22<a> serve to supply current to the car when the trolly is passing over the insulations 21, 21<a>. In order to prevent sparking at the mercury switch 10, the latter is divided by a partition 17 having a small opening, so that, when the switch is rocked, the mercury does not leave the contacts on one side until the car has left the contact-maker 4, when the circuit containing them is dead. In operation, supposing the switch tongue 5 has to be moved from the position shown in Fig. 1, the driver places his controller in one of its operative positions when passing the conductor 4, when the electro-magnet 7 is energized pushing over the point tongue and rocking the switch 10, which is then in series with the electro-magnet 6.
Patent GB-190622633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Umbrellas, Sunshades, and the like.
Inventor: DICKIE JAMES ALEXANDER
Filed: 1906-10-12
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 22,633. Dickie, J. A., and Hart, A. Oct. 12. Supporting lamps.- An electric lamp is fitted on a movable part of the frame of an umbrella &c. or walking- stick, and is lighted by means of primary or secondary batteries concealed in the handle or the stick, and under the control of an automatic contact and of a pushswitch. The lamp may be coloured to match the cover or the user's costume. In the form illustrated, the lamp is screwed in a socket f on the clip g, which is secured-to the runner and is provided with two contacts connected to the lamp terminals. The leads i, k, in the latter of which is included a switch m, terminate in contacts j, n which engage with the contacts on the clip g when the umbrella is in the extended position. According to the Provisional Specification, lamps are fixed on the ribs or rib-crowns of umbrellas.
Patent GB-190627267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Preserving Eggs.
Inventor: LANDSPERG CHRISTIAN ERIK CHRIS
Filed: 1906-11-30
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 27,267. Landsperg, C. E. C. Nov. 30. Preserving eggs.-Eggs are preserved by coating their shells with a solution of casein or cheese substance in ammonia, to which may be added a disinfectant, such as salicylic acid, potassium permanganate, or formalin. The coating may be removed by dipping in a solution of ammonia or vinegar.
Patent GB-190700549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Advertising and like Apparatus.
Inventor: SCHUTZ HARRY MAX
Filed: 1907-01-08
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 549. Schutz, H. M. Jan. 8, 1906, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Advertising.-An illuminated advertisement is arranged in the form of a rocket's flight with the subsequent bursting and fall of stars, the latter forming the name to be displayed. Lamps a, Fig. 4, indicate the flight, a larger lamp b the bursting, and lamps c, d the fall of stars. The lamps d are shown as displaying the letters T O T, these letters being fixed to levers g pivoted together and at f, and capable of being lowered, by means of a cord passing over a pulley and connected with the commutator drum, to indicate the fall of stars and to give a more effective display. Any number of letters may be attached to a corresponding number of levers pivoted together in a similar manner. The commutator with the automatic switching- device are shown in front view in Fig. 1, and in end view in Fig. 2. A rotating drum m carries a conducting-strip n, which contacts successively, with spring plugs o connected with the various lamps a. On every revolution of the drum, a pin x on an arm w on the drum spindle turns a starwheel y, which moves a series of spring contact brushes z over a series of contacts arranged to determine automatically the particular circuit that is to be active. During the first revolution, the lamps of the rocket light in proper order; then the pin x turns the star-wheel and contact brushes z on to " dead " contacts, allowing all the lamps a to remain extinguished, and a pair of contactbrushes 5, 6 press on a semicircular and a circular conducting-strip, respectively, on a disk 2, and allow the lamps d forming the advertisement to be lighted for half a revolution ; during this half, these lamps d are gradually lowered on the pivoted frame g by means of the attached cord, which is passed through a ring 8 on the disk 2. During the third revolution, the contact-bru-hes z are on dead segments allowing a break in the display. In the fourth revolution, the rocket flight is again illuminated, but in different colours. In the fifth revolution, the advertisement is lighted through different contacts. The sixth revolution allows a break in the display, and then the cycle of operations recommences,